Passage Research
Matthew 1 — Sermon Preparation
The genealogy from Abraham to Jesus Christ and the account of his birth through the Holy Spirit. Below is a research summary for Matthew 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 25
- verses
- 436 / 125
- Greek words / lemmas
- 31
- classic sermon excerpts
- 9
- preachers & commentators
Matthew 1 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| γεννάω | gennáō | G1080 | 41 | bear, beget, be born, bring forth |
| μετοικεσία | metoikesía | G3350 | 4 | brought, carried away to |
| Ἰωσήφ | Iōsḗph | G2501 | 5 | Joseph |
| Βαβυλών | Babylṓn | G897 | 4 | Babylon |
| Ἰακώβ | Iakṓb | G2384 | 4 | also an Israelite:--Jacob |
| υἱός | huiós | G5207 | 6 | child, foal, son |
| γενεά | geneá | G1074 | 4 | age, generation, nation, time |
How preachers through history handled this text
31 public-domain excerpts on Matthew 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Let us look to the circumstances under which the Son of God entered into this lower world, till we learn to despise the vain honours of this world, when compared with piety and holiness. The mystery of Christ's becoming man is to be adored, not curiously inquired into. It was so ordered that Christ should partake of our nature, yet that he should be pure from the defilement of original sin, which has been communicated to all the race of Adam. Observe, it is the thoughtful, not the unthinking, whom God will guide. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Matthew 1:18–40 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Matt 1:11
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